Amasakhi - the white north of Africa

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The main inhabitants of Morocco are not Arabs - the Amazahs (Greek βάρβαροι, Latin barbari). Where the tribes of these light-skinned, thin tall men and graceful beautiful women once appeared in Africa is still not known. But this happened long before these lands were conquered by the Arabs.

Now many Amazahs have assimilated with the local population of Arab or African appearance, but there are also quite a few “pure” representatives left.

Famous people of Amazonian descent: Zidane Zinedine, Isabelle Adjani.

AMAZAKHI (Berbers)

Berbers (from the Greek βάρβαροι, Latin barbari; self-name amazah - gospodar, free, noble man) is the common name of the indigenous people of North Africa from Egypt in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west and from Sudan in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north. They speak Berberg languages. By religion, they are now mostly Sunni Muslims, but they have retained a number of ethnic customs. The name "Berbers", given by the Europeans by analogy with the barbarians, because of the incomprehensibility of their language.

FIRST HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Garamants (Greek ΓαράΜαντες) are the ancient people of the Sahara. They are first mentioned by Herodotus (about 500 BC) as "a very great people" (judging by archaeological data, their state arose much earlier, at the end of the 2nd millennium BC). They had a Caucasian appearance. In the VIII century BC. e. the state of the Garamantes already included the entire present Fezzan, the southern regions of Tripolitania and a significant part of Marmarica. The Garamante civilization was highly advanced technologically. Herodotus wrote about them as warlike, desperate and cocky tribes who penetrated, on chariots drawn by four horses, deep into the steppe, even then, the expanses of northern Africa. The state of the Garamantes was annexed by Rome in 19 BC. e. The Garamans were finally assimilated by the Arabs in the 7th century AD. e. The Garamants spoke the language of the Berber group and used the so-called ancient writing of Tifinagh (another name is "Old Libyan").

KABILA (from Arabic qabîlah - tribe) is the people of the Berber group in northern Algeria. They speak the northern branch of the Berber-Libyan languages. Writing based on Latin graphics. French and Arabic are also widespread. Attempts are being made to revive the ancient writing of Tifinagh (another name is "Old Libyan"), preserved in embroidery, etc. (its keepers are mostly women). Kabila make up the majority of members of the local parties "Unification for Culture and Democracy", "Front of Socialist Forces" and others.

They live mainly in Algeria in the mountains of Big and Small Kabylia (historical region of Kabylia) east of Algeria. Population in Algeria approx. 3 million people (2007, estimate). They also live in France (676 thousand people), Belgium (50 thousand people), Great Britain (over 3 thousand people). The total number is 4 million people, according to some sources - up to 6 million people.

The settlements are usually located on the top of the mountain and have 2 streets: an inner one for women and an outer one for men; Houses closely spaced to each other face outward with blank walls. The inhabitants of the settlement form a community (taddart, jamaat), headed by a leader (amin, amekkran); it is subdivided into groups (adrum), including several related (in the 4-5th generation) patrilineal associations (tararrubt), consisting of large patriarchal families (aham - literally a big house).

Pre-Islamic folklore has survived. Cavilian folklore has its own phoenix bird, it is a falcon (or a hawk), or rather a female falcon, that is, a falcon, Tha-Nina (tha is a feminine article, like the French La). In its symbolism and meaning for us, it is not inferior to our firebird. She is a symbol of rebirth, feminine beauty and just a feminine name.

The protective symbols applied by henna are designed to protect a woman during the most important periods of her life - wedding, pregnancy, then childbirth. Drawings on the face, neck, décolleté - mainly North Africa, Morocco - this is another tradition called harquus. For harquus, not henna is used, but other dye mixtures, black. Harquus designs are often seen on the faces of tribal belly dancers, and matching body decorations in the form of designs and tattoos complete the look.

TUAREGI (self-name - imoschag, imoshag) are the people of the Berber group in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Algeria and Libya. In the past, an extremely aggressive people-invader.

By religion, the Tuaregs are Sunni Muslims. However, they retained many pre-Islamic customs, such as matrilineal clan organization and ortho-cousin marriage on the maternal side. Despite the fact that modern Tuaregs profess Islam, where polygamy is allowed, a real Tuareg marries only once in a lifetime. Women are respected in Tuareg society. Girls learn to read and write from an early age, and it is permissible for a man to be illiterate.

The main occupation is hoe farming (cereals, legumes, vegetables), combined with the breeding of small ruminants. Part of the Tuareg inhabiting the Algerian Sahara and the Tenere Desert roam with herds of camels and goats.

The ancient Tuagers were white and caste. Slaves and blacksmiths have nothing to do with the Tuareg of the higher castes. They are usually dark-skinned, while the Tuaregs themselves are light-skinned and tall, thin. They considered life to be just a toy, therefore they were not afraid to lose it or take it away from others, therefore they were distinguished by their free disposition. The position of a woman was determined by the number of lovers and admirers. Tuaregs raided neighboring tribes, taking people into slavery. (Colin M. Turnbull. Man in Africa)

There is a legend about the origin of the Tuareg people. According to her, the “progenitor mother” Tin-Hinan came to them from Morocco on a white camel with her maid Takamat. It is unknown how they got to Ahaggar, here Tin-Khinan became the queen. The most beautiful, young and strong male admirers came to her for copulation, then she killed them. The queen and the maid gave birth to children, laying the foundation for the Tuareg family. From Tin-Hinan came a noble tribe, and from a servant - a tribe of vassals. In 1925, in the area of the ancient fortification of Abalesa in Ahaggar, a rich burial of a woman was found, many Tuaregs believe that this is Tin-Khinan.

In the XI century. Arab conquerors invaded the territory of the Tuareg settlement in North Africa, once again displacing the Tuareg area westward. During this period, the Tuaregs were subjected to Islamization and Arabization. Ironically, modern Tuaregs have assimilated into the black population.

In the Middle Ages, the Tuaregs were engaged in the trans-Saharan trade, created several short-lived state formations, such as the Sultanate of Agadez; controlled important transshipment points of sale, such as Takedda (a city-state in the territory of Niger, in an oasis in the west of the Air Highlands, which existed in the Middle Ages).

During the colonial era, the Tuaregs were incorporated into French West Africa. Unlike many other peoples, the Tuaregs for a long time resisted the new government (Tuareg uprising 1916-1917). So, for example, the colonial power in the colony of Niger was able to subdue the Tuareg tribes only by 1923. The French colonial power ruled the Tuaregs through clan leaders, trying to use inter-clan conflicts.

Photos of the Kabyles (hereditary Amazighs) and Tuaregs (assimilated Amazighs):

For comparison, the elements of Russian ornament:

Comparison with the Russian headdress "Soroka":

Historians consider the Phoenicians to be the founders of literal writing, they say they taught the whole world to write. Now take a look at the Amazonian alphabet, and be imbued with the realization that the Amazahs lived on their lands in Morocco before the Phoenicians got there. It turns out that the seafarers, traders and pirates saw the ABC at the Berbers?